We are proud to announce that Valerie Chavez has won our 2014 LatPro Scholarship award. Valerie’s essay was inspirational and beautifully written. She aspires “to provide people with the necessary healthcare, comfort, and compassion that every human being deserves” and hopes to contribute to impoverished communities in the Dominican Republic–her mother’s native country–by providing free […]
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chose Mechanical Engineering while living in South America. I was born in Colombia where at a young age I developed an interest in the mechanics of my toys; this led me to take apart all of my Christmas gifts. My family decided to settle in the United States to look for a brighter future when […]
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omance Languages and Literature is one of my current majors that I’m trying to pursue. I would be doing Spanish and French with that… I’m also hoping to pursue a degree in Latino Studies because I think that through this I can get more of an understanding of the cultural markers, some of the sociological […]
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y academic and career path in the theater arts has been diverse. Yet, it has always been focused on one general goal: to work in theater and support the arts. Through my various roles supporting theaters, play laboratories and production offices, I have been able to make this goal more specific. I feel passionate about […]
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s a child, when people asked what I wanted to be as an adult, I always said “Happy.” After years of hearing this my parents sat down and asked me “what makes you happy?” We joked about how there isn’t a major for enjoying chocolate or knowing everything about baseball (yet), but then I thought […]
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